Harrisburg is a somewhat small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 14,461 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Harrisburg is the 65th largest community in North Carolina.

Harrisburg is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Harrisburg is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Harrisburg who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.04%), sales jobs (12.19%), and management occupations (11.04%).

Also of interest is that Harrisburg has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Residents of Harrisburg by-and-large get to work each day by driving: 98.5% use their own cars for their daily commute, making it a very car-oriented town. While Harrisburg may be a convenient place for driving around town, the negative aspect of this is that places that are suitable for walking or bicycling to and from work or stores may be few and far between. In general, car-oriented communities emphasize roads and convenience of driving, but not have a lot of walking-friendly areas to get from home to work, and tend not to have a lot of public transportation options.

As is often the case in a small town, Harrisburg doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Harrisburg Information and Demographics

The education level of Harrisburg citizens is substantially higher than the average US city or town, as 28.20% of adults in Harrisburg have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Harrisburg in 2000 was $26,181, which is wealthy relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $104,724 for a family of four. However, Harrisburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Harrisburg home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Harrisburg is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Harrisburg include German, English, Irish, Scotch-Irish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Harrisburg is English. Some people also speak Spanish.